Handle



0a. 20, 1953 E. T. KUMP 2,656,210

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Patented Oct. 20,, 1953 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE HANDLE Edward '1. Kump, Euclid, Ohio Application September 23, 1950, Serial No. 186,457

2 Claims.

The invention relates to a handle and in particular to a fastening of a handle on a member.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide a handle which may be quickly assembled without the use of tools and which will not fall apart.

this invention may be had by referring to the following description and claims, taken in conjunction withv the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is an elevational view of the handle; Figure 2 is an end view of. the handle;

Figure 3 is an enlarged cross-sectional view along the line 3-3 of Figure 2;

Figure 4 is an enlarged cross-sectional view along the line l4 of Figure 3;

Figure 5 is an enlarged cross-sectional view along the line 5-5 of Figure 3; and

Figure 6 is an enlarged perspective view of the holding member.

Throughout the figures of the drawings, similar reference characters refer to the same parts which are shown as the preferred assembly of the parts to teach the details and construction of the invention as hereinafter claimed. The entire handle consists of a handle body It mounted on a member H by a holding member I2.

The handle body I0 may be formed of wood, metal or moldable materials which may be cast or formed into the shape illustrated and described herein. Although the handle illustrated is of somewhat L-shape over all, it is understood that the outside shape of handle body Ill may be any desired shape and that the handle may be used for many purposes such as door knobs and cupboard handles. The handle body It includes an abutment wall I5 and a backing wall It spaced of dwellings.

2 are integrally joined by the body It) into a unitary structure. This body It also has an aperture 25) extending therethrough and merging with the space between the second portion is of the abutment wall I5 and the backing wall It. This aperture 20 preferably is smaller than the pace between the abutment wall and the backing wall so that it will not leave a big hole in the face of the handle, thus providing a neat handle surface. The member I I illustrated herein is a part commonly used to support door knobs on doors However, it is understood that members of other shapes and sizes may be used without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. In the present instance, the member II is of generally square cross-section and threaded to provide teeth 22. The teeth 22 may be in the form of threaded teeth or may be in the form of rack teeth appearing on only one side of the member I I. When the member I I has a non-circular cross-section, it will turn with turning of the handle body Ill. Thus, the member II and the handle body It may be said to have cooperating means or they may have coopcrating fiat surfaces preventing the turning of one relative to the other. In this instance, the member II also has a longitudinal slot 23 in the side thereof facing the abutment wall I5. This slot 23 provides a guide and makes it easier for using a tool in removing the handle body I!) from the member II as will be hereinafter described. The holdingmember I2 is best illustrated in the perspective view in Figure 6* of the apart and facing each other as best illustrated portion I8 is next to the anchor wall I! and is closer to thebacking wall It than the second portion It. The second portion I9 is spaced further from the backing wall It than the first portion It as illustrated in Figure 3. All of these walls drawing. This holding member I2 comprises a body portion 25 of spring-like material having an outturned anchor end 26 on one end thereof and having an outturned tooth end 27 on the 'other end thereof. These outturned ends 26 and 21 may be extended transversely from the end of the body portion 25 or they may be at an angle other than a right angle to the body portion 25. .One end extends outwardly from one side of the body portion 25 and the other end extendscut- .wardly from the other side of the body portion 25 as is best illustrated in Figure 6. The tooth end 2? has a notch 28 therein alignable with the slot 25; when the entire handle is assembled.

In assembling the handle,,the holding member 12 is inserted against the first portion I8 of the abutment wall I 5 with the anchor end 26 between the anchor walls I 'I'. The member It is then inserted in the handle body It between the abutment wall I5 and the backing wall it. As the member II is inserted between the walls I5 and IE, it holds the holding member I2 against thefirst portion I8 of the abutment wall I5 with the anchor end 26 between the anchor walls I7.

Since the second portion 19 of the abutment wall I is spaced further from the backing wall l6 than the first portion 18, the tooth end 2! of the holding member I2 will be cantilevered in the recess thus formed between the member I I and the second portion 49 of the abutment wall IS. The spring-like properties of the holding member [2 bias and urge the tooth end 2'! thereof into latching engagement with the teeth. 22 of the member II.

In the illustration in the drawings, the tooth end 2'! is at an angle so thatthe outturned tooth end 2'! and the teeth 22 have cooperating means allowing the outturned end 27 to slip over the teeth when member 1 I is inserted in the handle body lb. The angles of these teeth and the outturned tooth end 21, however, prevent slipping of the outturned tooth end 27 over the teeth 22 upon attempted removal of the member H from the handle body NJ. If a person ever desires to take the handle body It! ofi the handle H, he simply inserts a nail'or other pointed tool, as illustrated by the phantom lines 2d in Figure 3 in the aperture 23. This tool 29 will slide through the aperture along the slot 23 and into the notch 28 in the outturned tooth end 27. The tool may be used to unlatch the outturned tooth end 2? from the teeth 22 of the member H so that the member ll may be slipped longitudinally out of the handle body It].

In the present disclosure, it is noted that no tools are required to assemble the handle unit and that any simple tool, such as a nail, small screw driver, or other similar article may be used to quickly or easily separate the parts to disassemble the handle unit. It is also understood that the aperture 26 illustrated herein as extending generally longitudinally of the member H may be positioned to extend through the side of the handle body 13, thus transversely of the handle member ll. Similarly, other minor changes may be made Without departing from the teachings of the invention as herein illustrated and described.

Therefore, although this invention has been described in its preferred form with a certain degree of particularity, it is understood that the present disclosure of the preferred form has been made only by Way of example and that numerous changes in the details of construction and the combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and the scope of the invention as herein after claimed.

What is claimed is:

1. A handle for use with a shank having transverse teeth, comprising a handle body having an abutment wall and a backing wall defining a shank receiving recess extending inwardly from the rearward end of said handle body, a tool receiving aperture longitudinally parallel but spaced from said shank receiving recess extending from the forward end of said handle body into said shank receiving recess, a spring-like member having a body portion and an outturned end, said body portion fitted in said shank receiving recess adjacent said abutment wall with said outturned end extending toward said backing wall to receive a shank therebetween, said outturned end having first and second spring teeth with a groove therebetween on the extremity thereof with said spring teeth engageable with transverse teeth on a shank and with said groove spaced from such shank, said spring teeth camming past said shank teeth upon relative longitudinal movement of said handle body and a shank in a given direction to permit a shank to be received in the shank receiving recess of said handle body, said shank incapable of movement completely through said handle body because of non-alignment of said tool receiving aperture and shank receiving recess, said spring teeth effecting interlocking engagement with transverse teeth on a shank to prevent relative longitudinal movement of said handle body and a shank in a direction opposite to said given direction, said tool receiving aperture being substantially aligned with said groove whereby a pointed tool may be longitudinally inserted from the forward end of said handle body to engage said groove and cammingly disengage said outturned end and said shank solely by longitudinal movement of said tool.

2. A handle for use with a shank having transverse teeth, comprising a handle body having an abutment wall and a backing wall defining a shank receiving recess extending inwardly from the rearward end of said handle body, a tool receiving aperture longitudinally parallel but spaced from said shank receiving recess extending from the forward end of said handle body into said shank receiving recess, anchor walls transversely extending away from said shank receiving recess near said handle body rearward end, a spring-like member having a body portion and first and second outturned ends, said body portion fitted in said shank receiving recess adjacent said abutment wall with said first outturned end thinner than the space between said anchor walls and extending diagonally across into engagement with said anchor walls, said second outturned end extending toward said backing wall to receive a shank therebetween, said second outturned end having first and second spring teeth with a groove thercbetween on the extremity thereof with said spring teeth engageable with transverse teeth on a shank and with said groove spaced from such shank, said spring teeth camming past said shank teeth upon relative longitudinal movement of said handle body and a shank in a given direction to permit a shank to be received in the shank receiving recess of said handle body, said shank incapable of movement completely through said handle body because of non-alignment of said tool receiving aperture and shank receiving recess, said spring teeth effecting interlocking engagement with transverse teeth on a shank to prevent relative longitudinal movement of said handle body and a shank in a direction opposite to said given direction, said tool receiving aperture being substantially aligned with said groove whereby a pointed tool may be longitudinally inserted from the forward end of said handle body to engage said groove and cammingly disengage said second outturned end and said shank solely by longitudinal movement of said tool.

EDWARD T. KUMP.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 283,134 Mills Aug. 14, 1883 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 11,378 Great Britain g Aug. 20, 1887 of 1887 12,097 Great Britain May 27, 1902 of 1902 

